The Sun. — London, England, 1818-09-22 00:00:00

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Alt -71 413ER 8128.] [PRICE SEVENPENCF. ~... _ . , .. - • EAST INDIA HOUSE, AIN% 19, 1113. ? • irn couttrof DIRECTORS of the lINET -11,1 I') toVi , 1'" IN 1, ,,, /: .IAM of MERMANTS of ENGLAND t, I %" l •N'aln th e EAST INTMES, do hirchygi-re Notice, V on t a . 01, ARTEnLY• GtNERAL COURT of the said . . un ll Pimy . win h e held at -their ll , ,use in Leaticnhall-street, ti,:t,esdnitoyori'the 23d S e pt em b er nex t, at El e v en o 'Cl oc h e 111 th' pre • '. . NoTIcE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. s,eshoe. I: g 3 4, De"° ll- I) of pliscPl° A GENERAL ASSl.. 4 .4ii LYof the COMPANY of PRoiquE )I{S of NIA Itf4ATE PIER anil HAR BOUR will he held at t 1):: TOWN HALL, MARGATE, on THURSDAY, the sth Day of Octiber next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Ffilenoon. FOR THE SUN. Ernlioft,-;=-It was not my purpOse to have entered so much at large into the consideration of imprisonment fret (reht, though it is at IneSent at topic much agitated, and doubtless extremel,. Im portaut, hut your • Correspondent iu the Temple hAs excited my fuller attention to the subject. In the first place, I shall observe, that though By Order of th,.. Court of Directeirs, S'rEPH sAcKErr CHANCELLOR, Clerk. Town Mill, Margatcr - Sel)l - • 19, 1318. bilrg l3l 11C1111.0re i tt iAll ll . l ./ ,pal "1i JOSEPH PAW!', Steretary. FRAUD PREVENTED. T o counteract the ma4ly attempts , hat are daily made to impose on Ow unwary a put iota Composition in:4mi of the GEN NINE BL \CK[NG prepared by DAY and MARTIN, they have adopted a new Label, in which their Signature and Address . - . _ 97, HMI Holborn, is so conspicuously placed in the centre of the Labt.l, that they trust. an anew ion to this, and the tliifeeence of the Type, which is unlike all Letter-pres§, witlciable Pnrchasta s at I 'lice to. detect the lipposition. The BEAL JAPAN BLACKING, made and sold 'whole sat, by (MY and ;NI.A.II:IIiNciM„A4I*• Haur,rn, an d by the irriircipat Graters, Druggists, Booksellers, Iron mongers, Perfumers', Buot-ioahers, See. in the United. King dom, in Bottles at (id utt and Ps. tid. each. 11 ' CL XII N E'5.4,111 Mr. BLAGDEN's LEC NvoNIDTPREs minwiFkßY, and the DISEASES it , l Oct 9N an d CHILDKEN, will coin Invitee on MON DAI, Qtr,„.• () ;" 5 "1. tet tires are read every Morning front a ni,7" Past t o a• Quarter past Eleven, for the conve ,,ApAc_e_ol Students attending the Hospitals.—For particulars . '0 AN .t I 'tort...HAMM, 10. Savilk-rou ; rp • di +4 1‘ • 'lE'lliagdell," Dulte-street, St. James's. ''et:4>rstiittli' 4 3, it new auti itypctiol for FISI - 1, - ittpoll Eirube.i, lon far exedling it in flavour, and hits the ad-. ?t . Inn tut rancid. The immense•demand fur it ) 411,: r:;: v ineitt ; . ; pr,,,,(. 4 the estimation it is held in by tlnaW . 1V),..„:"' hied it. The Proprietors flatter themselves, then till ct• mir e used, it will obtain a p . re-eminence over '`"nces fur Fish. k", and Sim • and'sold by T. Powell and Son • • of . 11 - itton-orden. The Public l in..:i m :P e ctfilll v that each bottle has ( D . • t. ; n o r • and Su ' n • none other is ge eautiuti.•" necessary, t there ' is a spurious arti sale. try,,-. 1 ., -------......._______•_-- C \,SY)N GOOT) • e rit•AVELLING, "fl'ent the. lIIERDAs; tIA.G•tiIF•AI) INN, SNQW. HILL. 'Co YOltk, ' . o t , 1 ‘ 71tr iEl. and all PARTS of the NORTH. r -481ile ei‘aches, the tie;t I lorSes, and keep excellent Time, SA ' R - • hY XV. MOUNTAIN and. Co. t' A(:E N'S HEAD INN, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. Pr ,1% folloivit; posT-COACHES, MAlL ti"nw...(lis°,',k(li S, arc. set out from Tti t i l " ght coach, the Saracen's Head Inn, 4.\Rlit , *IPIRE•a N • LivEttParn, Li ",,t,,,,-.llt)et,l::...t,:,Ati,'cae;ying_ Four_ lnside s„..,.o ,a i ii t tl _ Li Foul': er ( l )" n n t l i s Y i l rl i o t e . fl x s e t , v ' ri,_ !, u . ay ato ne o'clock, ail, • • L "fhlb,.. ,''' a,t Six oclock, through Donstahle,.Wobliin. Xki,•,,,,,t'), Nortlmpton, Welforil, Linterworth, !inn . ; ie r ) d: V4rri4,°,4"..", Lichfield, Ruggly, Stone, Newcastle, hunts o Nr .,„_ , _. eOn and Prescot. . • St 0 - ' f H xxt tiro N,,,, ';-.41-rrox, lyinington, Winchester, and Basing- Fit' :" NI,„•;7 r . 41 -, Coacli• at - half-past • Seven o'clock byin lI N ''cl, l ,, : ''! a rriyes at the Dolphin Init. Ti'':, ful, „.i'l,',-,-.-Tis is a most delightful Come)... vre tie Southampton, ~ )cL _. li, ' i re r " 'gilt <Terse • Guernsey, St. Maloes, Ha • til'tc, - ' e rhii'i•,.. ) ' ), 1Y I•''.VNII-Eflt•l',.clei; 'l . 01 • and Shilfnal, Post-Coach, "V tl ‘et} i": Pt p• (:. In °" i , rded tin 1,, Nif )•tyr,', t ve ' ch)"6.—''Lla• .... r I r • ;Andover, . 1 ' 4 '' "I• t • Ill•mdlord,Sa is ul 3, • Ai tv _ _. §logstoi• .' " IL " l r' ' every Afternoon. The 1t,,,_, - s n lotith . 1) .,..,.(- 5 lie W Post Coach, . I Clierhur'"; 'St. Ma wike, ~-htts to Guernsey, ~ersey, o ati)llll\;lßl;Vivlt:li'yiniUith W:•vninuth, Dorchester, Palin . ,,ontl:, ilijstv:,,` ',.'11:•15„!,,t,„,,'„,. ~,,,,,,.,,.p,mt Qoaeli, .evrry Moth-in . , "". " tintik ' ll '' 1 - If mitotr Axminster, Brulpoit, _ti t) , s , ,d, 1 1 ., , , •it oit s ;,l ( , ~ 0 , • , -.tio t , ', l( -';',\• s 4,4"..it.1,,,, stud .Ittg*iwt. . kkHt;ilt.Y;kl\l.;ll‘ilOg, pet ci borutigii, Stilton,. and Il s titi .. t , ir ,l if , - , it 1 . , tie % ,'". (],cieti - sets out everiZvening to pti. i ) Isii '`'.,,,, 1 ' • Print. iii,, iw,,., 1 1 Hull. lis'4t ,xiii,,t,,,t,,,,-...,,,,4,n, 14141,„,,, p:„.,,l,c,,velies, throng!? L.li i !i i !c e ' ''''' . },lr", 't1 4 ,: 11 Nl•arlhotilagl4, every_ Allturtr.miteni_;,..iith:liii riati:4};-....(_,,;ti,yit,,,,,i_4i.il:eyhinind lan , . Batiiti" I 1 , ti l , k its to w tt, and th e swain? : Bristol, _t_i x e c xt ,r Mi . tr . i y i . - 1 aunton, b t I , ri ""••Fh e ' " I 's, Bridgewater, • tb-,„ v , ; • nett b• , to ld • • ''orlii,,4, .4.lqt:oat:h.. called 'ry,e rtiel:111013.111, sets out , tliA,,l4u7'S reihoi ,at Niltht , ' Cl u e ,:; ea'rl's 'Font- Insides , 00iy, tri,l,<ll St;,,i, `4,i'L‘. ~‘,.,%- with a Guard throughout. I.lisses v•ith:, to tii,"r°,, N ew•cit ' li Ititfoid, Doncaster, and I , erfr -4111, ~d , ,"t,,, .-,, Gabito Lion, Leeds, next morning. Nut ti.tela'n s:' l i , ctt'',e uncommon kxpetlition of this Coaeb, it is , 4 ,‘•!. o h th., ,;e !llo St agll.eitUt and counlete Public Con, (;, " Y iilly ~‘ i .• Oil ti Roial being unequalled in Accomino a 14 t •ANri o‘ ,Iler , tuh;l)li,,ll,:irilii:n..,tuwit, Gretna-green . , Annan, K Dumfries, Vti tt .tri, of , iiill, saiiquhar-Kiln, Gretna-green., Ingswell, e4k tie n, N„iri '`e"tiand, a Post Coact, (daily). ilitiitl, atitl p.,iiililibr'N•li, Whitby, shields, Sunderland, New- . Tl '''''!, ) 1I ` 1 ": 5,.,_01, New Foil+. I»side f.:iiach, Aitls a Guard N til ad eas , , nul l' , veer), m„,•,•,,,,.• by way of Newark, net -I,l'4ft, „'. 41 1(1 It, '''', I)4lliii4tiii, Nortliallerton, Durham, Mol -7 ' hte l,'',lw'ek• P assen , rers finding themselves fatigued •'lll N:.:;:iiiil t t'„, of the journey, may rest what tine they beltl, 41.80ild'vproceed on without. any additional Fare. tiii tt l Y Ptiq c:..(311, Swindon, Itamsbury. Hungerford, an d , t i.i Gt.:Noi.:%tll at.Nvren, Morninz. ' 4l- 44 141 N1,1.' `, l . II t'tc WalsidNew Post C4ach, every everting, Ak i I a l , (1 .', I earith, • I Wl►'t •h• ven Four Inside Post tlit,,t:.llt.t,ll,'•l';?;(tlii'll,lli:ll4,..llll:t.ti;el w4, c i • a • ‘s ' through Brough. d ' -'a t s t s . L ri -k Borouglibridge, f'4o' Ibrili,4-ill"'rlued, i), lii i e t • in s ' te ul t '. •, il LGrc•in'thain. Sets out. 111 ' 4 , 4Y. l'a," 41'd perfori 4 '• 11 ' • d i l turne ‘ with the greatest tlte(l'ri'll4\:,'','.lgers d etaiii 'l et s l on the i t he Road y by business or cji.p . , N l , , ti ) „ ( it.'_!,' ltectiliar advantage of their Seats being se tkuti 1) X1,.. , text. CW:ell. 14,,,, z, ey, ( - ii . ancaster. Preston Kirbv-I,trinsrlale, Bolton, 1.1:,4t pi..°',li,irli, and Gar ti •••• ' P t d• • •he • Every After tAti.; , :.i tii ‘e i, e k 0 ,,,, ~ • s an,, os - o a t , ~ .4, p i ( Ut,i `.,•.-",,tlardett• '4, 'st (;,).', XX arrington, Knoisford, Stone, and Litch -6,,i e1,,, k, t ',eh, call e 4 The Defiance, every Evening at WAyi.:,,,,,c4 the Srcens Head Inn, Dale-street/ ItL S ••••: 11 N 1 ', ' • 1 11.:4 ,1 ; 4 ;:onl iont. I;' 1 1„,,• rt.ll , , A: t "t-Coach, every Morning, at Half-past G, Liver jets,,,,,elii 4,0 !.erport, Whitchurcli, 'farporley, Nantwich. , N`,;!4ck . ' ' At.ddleuich Post-Coach, every Evening, at A "t tl,r l "Elti,,, , ' • NI) kti -l iN g 7,tt: ti ~, , Stocliton, and N'arm, new Coai?li, every lt,r,h-1.1,,:5;.:-/)l`,"'re Inn, Sunderland. • ii)„,l-41•41•11,,,,,„; Wiuslow Coogletnii, Newcastle, Walsal, Aa`"1,1141;4,!‘11.-ELD'''aZin,Ks.4Co_a'll, every Afternoon. Guarded. r At \ i ery _4/ ..otherliain Post-(oach, called the Rucl, t:ti„ • 1N,,... WW11... It.itg‘11)??1,"raZ111:1‘Nr1 Iki; Coatil,.Wlol a Guard, sets out every ti t t t le, ,) bilvetth.eriches llirminlVlani "next day at Noon.— ,'e t ;-.tlw,) . Y, outhatu, Leamington., Warwick, New' titil yi,rol,q,Zil,il Cougleton, to the Saracen's Head, Bull tlliell,- '' . Illi,,L!,iery.l%)r,_.l, liowden, Thorn, and Doncaster, post tt, (11 . 7 .0 4t 4 i. t .) !, ti til l' . 's; at half -past Six, - to the Cross keys, 4:l;').'arb, ~•;;11_,Mi-rgate Sand v" I R• ~• t . Canterbury t-t4:44•il.forlii•,lit,l2"',_'4, Itt;clic.‘st‘ic l and r " thi S s tio a n c ,l' ' New 'Post! ?1,.), Niii.‘?it3), LiNicoli, and Night. ItilltYplshib,. V' 'are kloidesdon, and Cheslitnit Coaels, 4 f ''st 7 . EIA Ni IN,t Al Lkv, 1,,i4.1.1(-1 Rdmotiton Coach (daily), at Eleven, t bro l du ti ,s (),..,;`,( ~ aild Eight o'Clocls. ' ; ' thi'it.`:l(llb,,',;.:;"l,v\Vagguns• and Coaches, to Newbury, l'ii" ,, ton, i t , , .tioitoriliasset Lanilionrn LI Linger hi' "U"'g, ;1,41;01 •' ' ... .. - `ltt 4 .XII; Places adjaceht, flatly. b i ,4 Iv -1.. 11,R,, W,VaGONB. tvt N5,.F.4.11), Watford and Staninore Three t• l ' XI e vel ~ _ t "itt ' 4 ' 10 4 "' nUt).l. 5!,t..:\;(Y,..' B oma Bury, and 'all PartS of Stiffolk, k th; l'l,,,'Nkit • 4114,ihgir:,:4,tA7),71,,..:1,tt00,NY1:1, 12,',11:,.4tn, Henley, Idristol, 1 4nd :Glint . • . ti-Oiiilk o,,,ithureir,.X•inellester, Ramsey, Lyndhurst, Ly-. liq liiti, 1141,t: iii iti nOvoud . Ford i ughridge, Wimborn; tti...._\,l, , ~ ~ uers,v •„. t C • F , - ,.._ • it.,f tao, iito _ :, - :. Titernsey Waggons (Daily). 1i.,. VCN.I,I-t1 it„ ‘t . v i,', and twiclienliam - Twice a 'Wceii. 4(4 ,‘,,., 1\),,,AN1 a , t)olkv.etl, ertry DA '• I'. l I`;‘ 4i1,1 '-,'N't..o4 Ettutunt . •- / i 4 ii iiri, . th, , s • aIN ai , , ,, --on, evetyl)ay. • - N. th i ."'ls, p. * r. tdili c , ~" Co• ruspect fully acquaint their tt tt,tk,l4,:, piltai,„o.,certiat they will riot to; accotintabl?, for 4 tit ,_ l'oul,',l Laggigt. ‘Vi it nigs Phi e :cc.. ur ‘,1,itt..,,%:' . i'11, „s,,lT;a.!;:e_.,..ifstc'tlett,:lost,-; da‘tua'Fet.l;un7 ~, e44 I ilti.ttc.t I.l.oltts.,linirialt.,cLeuhta j?tiv4;tfl...l,l: accoi.ding!,y, f o r .opertY o j t. t want to tt ich he to ' ll 'e d e scr".— r e e 1 , 3 ,1 los °1 it of , tor oP i P the ot' 5 " .eJ lIC ire :7 t heel , O,,L•V e I Y I 5°.9 IV un til et , s t resP e rd r a ract c oncuo e, foo „ ! (. 12 jai t o e%trjo Yea rs g i t , r „ n r•eliP 04 0 ice ler, to ant 1()1. 1 1,0 • CI 4 sor er nt , wite s 0 1‘ il• 134 clef ; o n, 9 0 1 ini►ioft( • c ior" d tbe PUBLICATIONS, TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA. This Day were published, in Bv o . pri ce 14 s . b oar d s , TRAVELS in CANADA, and rh UNITED STATES of AMER. A; in 1816 and 1817. By F. H 1,1,, Esq. Late Military Secretary to General IVilson, Governor in Canada. Printed fur Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Lundon. ABEL'S JOURNEY IN CHINA. This Day was published in Ito. Illustrated ,;by Maps and other Engravings, price 31. 3s. Boards, TVARRATIVE of a JOURNEY in the INTE -11.1011..0f CHINA, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years t si t i ari d 1817. must Containing an Ac count of the interesting- Transactions of Lord Atuherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Countries which it visited. By CLARKE ABEL, F-F-S- And Member of the Geological Soci ty, Chief Medical Officer anti Naturalist to the Embassy. • Printed for Longman, Htirst, Beet, Orme, and Brown, London. . This Day was published, :n One Volume Ismo. price ss. in boards, the Second • Edition - of T"E TESTIMONY. of NATURAL THEO -1.,0(;y to CHRISTIANITY. ' By THOMAS GISBORNE; M. A. ' , Printed fur T.. Cadell and W Davies, Strand. Of Whom may also he had, hr the same Author, 1. It ' into the Duti es o f M en i n t h e h i gher and (41asses, 2. rids. Syo. Sixth blition. IRs. in boards. An totioiry into Die Duties of the Female Sex. Bvo. Ekventh Edition, price Bs. in hoards. Another •Eciikioo, eiegAntly Vrinted,„inea--Poclfet Volume, price tie. -in board s , 3. Sermons, •t'cols Bro. Seventh Edition, price 18s. in board*. The Volumes sold se-parate. 4. Sermons, principally desi4oed to illustrate and to enforce Christian Morality, Octavo, Third Edition, 9s. in boards. 5. A Familiar Survey of the I hristhin Religion. Intended primarily for the Use of Young Persons, Bvu. Sixth Edition, price log. 6il. In hoarols. - R. A Familiar Exposition and Application of the Epistle o St. Paul to the Colo”iaus, in a Course of Eight Sermons To which are subjoined, Two Sermons on Parts of the Example of St. Paul, one Volume, 12mo. price ss. ic hmards. 7. Walks in a Forest, and other Poems, Eighth Edition. To which are now added, some Poems, not before published, one Volume, seer. price 9s. in hoards; or elegantly printed in two pocket volumes, price 14s. in hoards. . ripH E QUARTERLY REVIEW, Num bc r XXXVIL will be published on SATURDAY, the 4Gth. CONTENTS. T. Evelyn.—Memoirs, illustrative of the Life and Writings of John 'Evelyn, Esq. F.A.S. Author of the " Sylva.' St ale of France and Italy i n hi s ti me ; of England during the as cendancy of the Puritans; Funeral of Cromwell; Restora- Lion of ('harks 11. ; Plague and Fire of London. Birkbecles Notes on America. View of the Country, - the People, their Manners and Habits, Emigration from Old America, and Mode of settling in the Illinois. Iniprorement of the People. I. Courteney on the Poor Laws. 2. Myers's Remarks on Edueation.—Nicoll's View of the Report of the Pour Laws, 3. Hon. H. G. Bennet's Let; ter on the State of Newgate. IV. Hon. Horace Walpole's Letters to Mr. Montagu— Character of Walpole and his Works.—Aneedotes of Selwyn, the Duke of Newcastle and Fielding—Funeral of George the Second.• V. Sir R. Wilson —Military and Political Power of Russia in 1817. , , . • VI. Nubia, Egypt, Pyramid of Cephrenes.---Travels in Egypt, Nubia, &c. by Henry • Light, Capt. It. A.—Account of Mr. Belzoui's opening of the Pyraoiid of Cephienes, and of his Discovei irs at Thebes, &c.--Addendum un the Bones fmind in tite Sarcophagus of the central Chamber of the Py ramid. VII.• tndvrnion, by John Keats. VI(I. 'Olkeilly's Voyage to Greenland, Baris's Strait, &c. IX. Chiide Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto W. X. Alemoirs on Turkey, by Robert WalpUle, MA. State of the Mania; Inscription on Pumpey's Pillar ; • Coinage of Attica. Woman, a Poem. Holy BilJle.-I.lellanly's Translation of the Bible. Antiquity of the fild T. stamen:, Account of the Progre,s and Ekecution of our Authorized le'ersiini EKaniiriation. of the Septua4int, and Stateirout of the various "franslations, Greek and Latin. Printed for Joux . IIIuRHAY, Albemarle-street, London'; and Wrt,t,tlin BLACKWOOD, **. Nevt Editions of the former Numbers (lave been again re-printed, and any miay now he bad separately, at Us. HOSPlTAL—Yesterday being St. Mat thew, the Oration Day at this School, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs,in their state carriages, ac companied by several Aldermen in their carriages, attended by the City Marshals On horseback, Marshalmen, Sze. on foot, proceeded in state from he Mansion House to Christ Obtirch, Newgate strett,.where they were met by I rie Governors of the several Royal Hospitals. An excellent Ser. mon Was, preached on the occasion by, the Rev. John Roger; Pitttiltt.feA.,M After Divine Ser vice they repaired to the great hail o f the Hospi. tal, which was tilled 'vita . 4 most numerous au dience.. The Latin Oration was delivered by Mr. Frederick lliff, Senior Scholar of the Grammar School, and that in English by Mr. George' Brookes. Th e subject of both Orations being , the saute, viz.—" Orr the Benefits of Public In- stqutioos tor EdUCLIIIOII. I .' £be compituy (10tirted highly bdti3lied. coinpassion would ever incline tyre to talse'the side of the unfortintate debtor, yet due consideration shot& he to the claims of the creditors, or the interests of society may be even wtook!ed more by a too indulgent lenity, than 6y what some way.soppose a too rigi4 severity. But whatev;iv !L.), be necessary in such. Cases and cir etinrstancel for the interests of swiety, lion may be laid down and received with the ge neral suffrage : that a spirit of humanity has been the great distingtrishing characteristic•of the British nation, and that the present Act has con ttibuted to evils which are daily increasing to a most unprecedented extent. On an impartial consideration, I must humbly submit a complete revision of the present Act, from a thorough conviction my mind feels for its necessity, when it is .so obviously notorious that numerous 'applications have been heretofore made by debtors, in contemplation of the Insolvent Act and its continuance, to assign over the debtor's property previous to his or her going to prison, to some nominal and fictitious person, for the pur pose of defrauding others to whom the prisoner is actually indebted ; and this fraud has been prac tised from the operation of the present Act to an incalculable extent, from the easy facility by which the debtor obtains his discharge. By the present law, the public. sustain an' in jury, by the loss of labour, genius, or 'talent, which each individual might exert, or by the di minution of property in contributing to the sup port of indolence. Every individual, of whatever profession, trade, avocation, or calling, has some means of in creasing public utility by the industrious appliea- Jion of his efforts, and when he wantonly de prives himself of-those efforts, by becoming a vo luntary prisoner, in preference to using land.,ble exertions to Fay his debts, he thereby pluudert his et editors and defrauds tile community. If the presentmeasure affected the real end of imprisonment, where solvency is _presumed, jus.; tice would be attained, fraud would he suppress ed, and the insolvent's discivarge would be on equitable conditions, by surrendering his present . means, and applying his future 0142m/firs to com pensate former wrongs. Every failure in the payment of debt is a breach of trust, where the credit or confidence is obtain ed by . rnisrepresentation, or if the debtor is Whin tarily committed by the collusive claimant. It has been arg ue d, with something more than a semblance of truth, that imprisonment for debtors is in itself not wily nominal, under the present Act, bin a shelter for fraud. Persons hav ing the rules of the Fleet and King's Bench may avail themselves of four terms in the year to spe culate in fraudulent practices, and contract debts which they are well - assured they cannot pay ; and the credillons tradesman, when he seeks payment or remedy, finds his debtor already a willing cap . - tive under the abuses of the present Act, bidding defiance to .his creditors, and, in return, tenders them a wire Woven' schedule in payment of their debts for all their just earnings, under the inte rested views and advice of men self-denominated Insolvent Debtors' Agents, and who have them selves passed the ordeal of insolvency. There is au anecdote fresh in the memory of many living persons, which, although it may be amusing to a Punster, is too contemptible for the approbation of any honest man. g` A witness was asked by the late Lord Ashburton, when a Counsel, the reason of sheltering himself in the rules of the King's Bench—his answer was, to avoid the impertinence of Dunning"—and the same answer may be expected in. modern times. Imprisonment must, therefore, under such cir cumstauces, appear but nominal in such cases.; at least an encouragement to extravagance and a prolection.to fraudulent pursuits. Ou the. conviction of so many instances as might be adduced to prove these averments, it may be insisted that by frauds so designedly practised, the debtor is its fact •chargeable with moral it not legal crime, and if imprisonment is intended to punish, his release ought not to be the first visi tation to such crime. He is a Peculator on the Public, and public justice ought to be satisfied. I must again repeat that the dread of uncertain imprisonment would essent ially operate to prevent fraud as operative in terrore»z. There are numberless instances of frauds and imposition practised by debtots, as well within the prisons as in the rules thereof, tor obtaining goods amid other effects without the means of payment, but with a premeditated intent to defraud holiest and industrious tradesmen. . Privileged shop keepers iu the-prisons aml rules, dissipated cha raciers of ,- bankrupt , fortune and reputation; foreign adventures,.sui disant merchants anti speculative adventurers, have presented them selves to unsuspicious people, and obtained pro perry to a considerable 81000111, under pretence of being in affluent auto prosperous circumstances; and with the produce of such goods so obtained, h a ve revelled in luxury, or low excess and infamy, within the purlieus of a jail—ridiculing the cre dulity cif those Whom they have duped ; tinder similar circumstances, have negociated bills of Exchange to a considerable amount, without the remotest possibility of meeting the demands for which they have been issued. It an effectual remedy was applied to'lliwe iniquitiva, the credit of trade and commerce would be considerably advanced, and the holiest man would be better protected from the grovi:ing imposition or die times. It cannot be denied that debtors hive continued Vollittlt4y prisoners by 'memos of site arrest for debt unduly sworn - to, and by teirson, of fictitious detaintirs, and have thereby gteatly increased the crowded State of the prisons (which is au easy larility rtnth - tettlo them by ngtips of the Insolvent Court, not responsible to any legal Tributiai),to the demur-vitt of bOili file (Yre'dittP s, and to the green In Co It venit•tice ort ityprisonerl debto'r-s, and wt rich foist ccrotinue a pilot sucia colltiFive facility is affottled. It most he admitted that some restrictions are highly necessary tti:srlefeitt the machinations of ttis -I,onnt►table and frantkdeot debtors, and that the present Act has given great scope IT. tiwir 14 , 1- tencet! . ., 'soul Val slabject "tif very . , gtiirral animadversion to the fair Tradur, on tic coont of the nutnerous opportunities which ifr has a Mailer( to profligate debtors in diSsiPating the fonds of their creditors, winch the Attlias not furnished adequate means of obtgining by any courpulsory prfiCeS9. Imprisonment for debt tl;e Writer - conceives has no terror for fraudulent and depraved minds, and the avoidance of payment to just-Aimd lawful cre-• ditors frequently results from the operation of the present Act, as giving such imwdinte It is much to be fettled, that it its,4lldriltion is prolonged, it will impose an encouragement tc.• the practices of hand and swindling, w have . too long remained a disgrace to credit aud emu , coerce, and also to the artifices heretofore resorted, to - by persons dischat ged under Insolvent Acts, for the purpose of obtaining fresh credit, and imposing on the credulity Of mankind. A gseat La w Lord (I,llenborough), whose au thority cannot be too often quoted; 'and who has a mind as capable to conceive as be has to ex-• press, . designated Ibe present Act as'a 14w to un settle all known and wholesome provisions relative • to debtor and creditor, and objected to giving the Bill his support even for going into a Com mittee, as his Lordship expiessed it was '' gouli into a Committee of Licentious," and in familiar language he said, he would " wash his hands of it aliogether." The truth Of his Lordship's observations are to() `appalent to need any comment, and it must bo admitted, that even rude and uncultivated minds will be struck with these short and weighty sen:. traces front his Lotaship, which anticipate all reasoning by PLAstiiNG UPON THE r4IND. Andras a very able advocate - liireTy said .(hiltis'e ference to the liksnlyent Court), '' persons go there of the Mo s t' un b oun d e d profligacy, Who have spent thousands when they had not hundreds .of their own, retire into luxurious captivity for a. few months, and then go into Court secure of a discharge, and deriding the hottest and indusiriotts creditors, whose credulity they have aLosed, arta whose property they have wasted." From the great extent of evil add destruction that credit and commerce have at present to con tend with, it is certainly desirable that the present Act should be repealed, and the old law resorted to, which would in a great measure check the pro gress of FRAUDOLEN't Debtors, or at least if it is not permitted to run out, the current of its abuse may be checked by the ‘vhole6otuu interpositimt of Legislative Amendment. SCRUTATOR. Wine Office-court, Fleet-street, Sept. 21. SIGNS IN THE SKIES —Letters from - Breteuil (Oise) state, that on the night of the 5.11 or 6th of. September, about twelve or one o'clock, a globe of fire was seen, of the apparent size or tire moon, which, according to ,the account of a traveller, who was re! uruing from the fair of Beauvais, ap peared to rise from the plain of St. Denis, and to take a northern- direction. This globe described a curve from west to north, and sired so bright FL light, that many, who were on the great road from Beauvais to Bretenil, could easily perceivit the neighbouring villages. It is stated even, that a dealer in cattle, who was (hiving a number of oxen, could hardly restrain the (righted animals that fled into the plain . Ilk meteor illumined the horizon a long time. Arrived to a cer tain point its the North it exploded, and pro (lured an intonation similar to a loud clap of 'thunder, diffusing arouud. a multitude. of ligbis, the effect of which was agreeable to the eye. The appearances of theie luminous bodies are very fre quent in t his plain, but particularly at the (clot of the mouwain, caned Catalat. This : is, perhaps, -what has contributed to give c:•edit to the popu lar not Sort, that a neighbouring wOod, the wood of Colmont, is inhabited by spirits. There is even in this canton a place called the Spirits' Pit. The learned of the comary pretend, that upon this spot a Druidical temple once existed, where ado ration was paid to a golden calf, which is buried there.--Sear; ies have been made to discoyer it, without elfert. A most singular circumstance t.ook place lat e ly at Knightshridee Barracks :—(Jne of the first troop of Life Guards observed, in clt A ni ng iris horse, that the animal seemed particulirly fond of having Itis lace and head continually rubbed, in doing which the soldier discovered something mov'eahle as lie pressed the check of the horse -- lie actor litiuly communicated the same to :qr. BLOxAM, the Veterinary Surieon to the troop, who took considerable pins to examine it, a lir having made every nects•ary preparation, lanced it, in the hope of'discoveting the evinse, when, to his surprise, he extracted a grape-shot, weighing. nine ounces, from the horse's'head, which he re ceived at the Battle of Waterloo, Where the wound was .immediattiv dressed in the usual tn;ih. tier, after the engagement, and was considered ugly as a sword cut.--(:)turning Paper,)